 "A Wall St. sign is seen outside the entrance of the New York Stock Exchange in New York's financial district")
US stocks opened little changed on Friday, a shortened trading day, as investors turn their focus to the crucial U.S. holiday shopping season.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 19.24 points, or 0.11%, to 17,794.15, the S&P 500 gained 0.81 points, or 0.04%, to 2,089.68 and the Nasdaq Composite added 6.36 points, or 0.12%, to 5,122.50.
